Hi,

You are right, I was getting a bit lazy at that point.

What I was trying to get at was that if I read the letter of the
guide, rather than what I think the intent is, then if 3 IPMC members
vote +1 then a committer or release goes out, even if a majority of
PPMC members votes -1. I was trying to clarify that in addition to 3
IPMC member votes you also need agreement from a majority of the PPMC
member votes.

Alasdair

2009/10/23 Davanum Srinivas <[email protected]>:
> Alasdair,
>
> 3 IPMC votes for a release is non-negotiable legally. Please raise it in
> gene...@incubator if you still wish to pursue since this is a common policy
> to all incubator projects.
>
> thanks,
> dims
>
> On 10/23/2009 10:10 AM, Alasdair Nottingham wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks for the information. I have been trying to get my head around
>> all this. Based on the guidelines, what has been said here and an
>> attempt to read between the lines I think the idea is that things
>> operate like this:
>>
>> Voting is important both in podlings and in top level projects. When
>> making decisions about how the podling should operate that do not have
>> legal implications any vote by any member of the PPMC is considered
>> binding in making decisions. This allows the PPMC to learn the process
>> of managing the podling. While this is not explicitly covered in the
>> guides it seems logical to me, and consistent with the goal of the
>> PPMC learning how to run a project.
>>
>> When it comes to voting in a new committer I think that while the IPMC
>> members votes are binding the guidelines say that the PPMC is
>> responsible for recommending new committers. To gain such a
>> recommendation a vote is held and the PPMC members votes are binding
>> (this is not sufficient for committer access to be granted though). If
>> the decision is to recommend and 3 IPMC members vote then it goes to
>> the IPMC for silent consensus. If the decision is to recommend and
>> less than 3 IPMC members vote then it goes to the IPMC for a full vote
>> as per the process.
>>
>> When it comes to voting for a release I the same rules should apply as
>> for voting in a new committer.
>>
>> I have tried to interpret the rules, but this is the best
>> interpretation I have come up with.
>>
>> What do people think?
>> Thanks
>> Alasdair
>>
>> --
>> Alasdair Nottingham
>> [email protected]
>
>



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